If you don't own this album already. buy it immediately. If you like your music to be different and interesting you won't be dissapointed. As the great John Peel once said around the time Treasure was released 'If you can't appreciated the Cocteau Twins, then you might as well be dead'. The Cocteau Twins reputation was built on creating music which was entirely unique,and demands repeated listening to hear all the different elements of their recordings. I once played this album to a friend who thought it was a compilation of their hits, strangely a single was never released from this album. Though aikea guinea did follow it and still remains the greatest track ever, by anyone. Loreli, Pandora, Betrix, Amelia, persephone and Donima are all quite simply stunning recordings.

if it had not been for the brilliance of Blue Bell Knoll, this album would easily be the Cocteau Twins' finest in my opinion.

Musically this album retains the dark almost sinister elements of their early works while offering glimpses of the light at the end of the tunnel. Liz Fraser's voice also came to the fore. Previously i felt it was restrained, while on this album a Goddess was unleashed. Donimo is probably the best showcasing of it on this album - powerful, at times dark, but in the end explodes and emerges into the light. a prelude for what was to come on later albums. many of the other tracks contrast as well, some being more upbeat (Lorelei) while others were much more melancholic (Pandora). despite this contrast, the album somehow fits together beautifully.